Preventive herd management practices and their effect on lamb mortality in Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute of Virology and Immunology, Switzerlanden
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Bernen
cg.contributor.affiliationFarm and Animal Health Organisation, Swedenen
cg.contributor.affiliationPublic Health Agency of Swedenen
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierBarbara Wieland: 0000-0003-4020-9186en
cg.creator.identifierUlf Magnusson: 0000-0002-7087-6820en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03361-xen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0049-4747en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume55en
dc.contributor.authorGenfors, E.en
dc.contributor.authorMagnusson, Ulfen
dc.contributor.authorMoliso, M.M.en
dc.contributor.authorWieland, Barbaraen
dc.contributor.authorKönig, Ulrikaen
dc.contributor.authorHallenberg, Gunilla S.en
dc.contributor.authorBåge, R.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-31T09:32:23Zen
dc.date.available2023-01-31T09:32:23Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128347
dc.titlePreventive herd management practices and their effect on lamb mortality in Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractAccording to previous studies, lamb mortality is high in the Ethiopian highlands. The present study aims to evaluate the execution of preventive sheep herd health management practices with respect to if, and how, such practices are linked to occurrence of lamb mortality. Interviews were performed with 74 sheep-owning households participating in a capacity development program on livestock and 69 households not participating in such program. To evaluate the impact of combinations of performed practices, a scoring system was developed—the households retrieved a higher score the more desired routines were accomplished. To identify which practices had the highest impact on lamb mortality, a similar score was calculated for each phase of the sheep reproductive year, creating sub-scores for each phase. The results showed a significant (p < 0.05) negative correlation between the total number of performed practices and occurrence of lamb mortality, indicating a lower occurrence of lamb mortality the more desired practices implemented. Further analysis of sub-scores showed significant (p < 0.05) negative correlations between a higher number of performed desired practices during gestation period and during lambing. Conclusively, the study indicates that preventive herd management routines are beneficial for lamb survival, foremost when enforced during the gestation period and around lambing—hence, this is where to focus future interventions.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-01-19en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGenfors, E., Magnusson, U., Moliso, M.M., Wieland, B., König, U., Hallenberg, G.S. and Båge, R. 2023. Preventive herd management practices and their effect on lamb mortality in Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production 55(1): 42.en
dcterms.extent42en
dcterms.issued2023-02en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjectsmall ruminantsen
dcterms.subjectsheepen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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